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The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI; Arabic: دولة العراق الإسلامية Dawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah) was a Salafi jihadist militant organization that fought the forces of the U.S.-led coalition during the Iraqi insurgency.
The origins of the Islamic State group can be traced back to three main organizations. Earliest of these was the " Jamāʻat al-Tawḥīd wa-al-Jihād " ( transl. "The Organisation of Monotheism and Jihad" ) organization, founded by the Jihadist leader Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi in Jordan in 1999.
The following is a list of conflicts involving the jihadist militant group known as the Islamic State (IS/ISIL/ISIS/Daesh), throughout its various incarnations. The group controlled portions of territory in Iraq and Syria in the mid-2010s and has taken part in many attacks, battles and wars.
This is a list of current and former members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its previous incarnations, including operating as a branch of al-Qaeda known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), from 2004 to 2006. [1]
NPR uses "Islamic State" with the optional use of qualifiers in the first instance, then ISIS thereafter. [19] USA Today "identifies the group as the Islamic State, the Islamic State militant group, or the Islamic State extremist group." [20] The New York Times uses "Islamic State", choosing to explain it in context. [8]
Islamic State: Large numbers of originally civilian drones are used by ISIL, often heavily adapted to be used for bomb attacks, spy missions, propaganda, etc. These drones are mostly controlled by the Al Bara’ bin Malik Brigade, part of the aviation sector of the Islamic State’s Committee for Military Manufacturing and Development. [72]
An Islamic state has a form of government based on sharia. As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. [1] As a translation of the Arabic term dawlah islāmiyyah (Arabic: دولة إسلامية) it refers to a modern notion associated with political Islam .
Abu al-Hussein was announced as the new leader of Islamic State by Abu Omar al-Muhajir, in the same audio that confirmed Abu al-Hasan's death. [10] The Islamic State announced on August 3, 2023 that Abu al-Hussein was killed by Tahrir al-Sham militants in Idlib province. [11] 5 Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. ابو حفص الهاشمي ...